New Case Law – No Substantial Change In Circumstance Where Income Increased by 4%
On April 4, 2012, the Oregon Court of Appeals decided Bock and Bock. This case was based on the mother’s motion to modify the child support provisions of a stipulated general judgment of dissolution. The…
New Case Law – Substantial Change of Circumstances Since the Last Custody Order
On March 28, 2012, the Oregon Court of Appeals decided Sconce and Sweet. In this case, the trial court granted the father’s 2010 motion for a change in custody, granting him sole custody of the…
New Case Law – Modifications of Spousal Support
On March 28, 2012, the Oregon Court of Appeals decided Spillane and Spillane. In this case, the trial court had terminated the husband’s obligation to pay spousal support based on his declining health, and the…
New Case Law – Importance of the “Primary Caregiver” in Custody Determinations
On March 14, 2012, the Oregon Court of Appeals decided Nice v. Townley. In this case, the trial court awarded custody of the parties’ young son to the father. The trial court weighed a number…
New Case Law – “Just and Proper” Division of Separate Assets
On March 14, 2012, the Oregon Court of Appeals decided Wolfe and Wolfe. In this case, the wife appealed the trial court’s assignment of certain investment accounts to the husband as his separate property. The…
New Case Law – Attorney Fee Awards in Family Law Cases
On January 25, 2012, the Oregon Court of Appeals decided Berry and Huffman. In this case, the former husband tried to modify his obligation to make payments under a stipulated judgment, and the former wife…
New Case Law – “Just and Proper” Division of Marital Assets
On December 14, 2011, the Oregon Court of Appeals decided Hanscam and Hanscam. In this case, the wife appealed the trial court’s division of property. The property in dispute included a rental property the husband…
Divorce and Social Security in 10 + year marriages
In meeting with divorcing Oregonians, I get a lot of questions about social security benefits as part of divorce. Many people don’t know, but if you have been married for at least ten years with…
Divorce and Smartphones
The Star Tribune ran an interesting article captioned “Divorce? Hide your smartphone.” As an Oregon divorce lawyer, the article rang true to me about how much smartphone technology has made previously private conversations public and…
What To Do When Your Divorce Is This Weeks News
I get questions from potential and current clients about how to deal with the public knowledge (be it local media, your children’s school, your neighborhood or your friends) that you are going through a divorce.
